[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 158 (2012), Part 12]
[House]
[Page 16624]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                          LET'S WORK TOGETHER

  (Ms. JACKSON LEE of Texas asked and was given permission to address 
the House for 1 minute and to revise and extend her remarks.)
  Ms. JACKSON LEE of Texas. I thank the Speaker this afternoon, and I 
am grateful for the words, the prayer that was offered about light, 
both of inspiration and collaboration.
  I think there are bipartisan voices crying out for an acceptance of a 
tax cut on 98 percent of the American people. That is why the President 
went to Michigan, to speak to working men and women, to be able to 
reaffirm their voices that were spoken so loudly on November 6. Let us 
have a tax cut that will impact 98 percent of the American people and 
businesses. And let us collaboratively work together for the steps 
going forward.
  But let me be very clear. Having spoken to physicians yesterday in 
meetings in hospitals, you cannot raise the eligibility rate of 
Medicare recipients. It just will not work. You cannot judge a person's 
physical condition between 65 and 67. That is not the way to balance 
the budget and reduce the deficit. We know that entitlements, Social 
Security, is not the issue. Pass the tax cuts on 98 percent, Mr. 
Speaker, and work collaboratively in 2013 to find a pathway forward to 
make this economy the growing economy that it has begun to be. I ask my 
colleagues, let's work together.

                          ____________________